[Petronski]

So, this was just something made up by a Pope?

Nope.

Aren't his declarations supposed to be valid when he speaks on behalf of God?

That's not an unfair way to put it.

We know he is speaking on behalf of God if it makes sense against the words of God in the Bible, otherwise, how are we to know?

Christ put Him in charge as His Vicar, the visible head of the Church.

You can do better than that.

No need to.

I'm letting you use your own Bible translation.

How generous of you.

[ConservativeMind]

Okay, then, since you are apparently stating there is nothing in the bible that Catholic's use to support the above wording, please give the non-biblical reference that justifies the above? Is it from “Catechism of the Catholic Church”? Is it from some internal document in the bowels of Vatican City? Also, how would you know if something was right if you can't bring it back to the Bible?

Your line of reasoning leaves one to believe the higher-ups in the Catholic church can just make things up, and then tell their parishioners that, “even though the Bible doesn't say anything like this, ‘trust me.’”

Maybe this is how many of the abuses of the US Catholic church came to be and why there are so many lawsuits. After all, their behavior wasn't “right” by the Bible, but we know that Catholics must not really take the Bible as their reference point.